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This Lawyer Has Filed 27 Lawsuits Against Food Companies Over ‘Vanilla’ Flavoring

Ashe Schow
This Lawyer Has Filed 27 Lawsuits Against Food Companies Over ‘Vanilla’ Flavoring
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Vanilla. To some it is the most basic flavor available, in need of spicing up with the help of chocolate, strawberry, or caramel. To others, it is perfect on its own.

To Long Island attorney Spencer Sheehan, “vanilla” means dollar signs. The attorney, from Great Neck, New York, told local outlet Newsday that he had filed 27 lawsuits just this year on behalf of consumers who have been mislead about vanilla flavoring. Sheehan has fired the lawsuits, according to Newsday, against companies that produce “yogurt, cookies, oatmeal, almond milk, soy milk, cream soda and ice cream labeled as ‘vanilla.’”

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